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ISBN-13: 9780471536239

ISBN: 0471536237

Publisher: Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, John

AUTHOR

Goodenough, Judith, McGuire, Betty, Wallace, Robert A.

SUMMARY

APPROACHES TO THE STUDY OF ANIMAL BEHAVIOR. History of the Study of Animal Behavior. Genetic Analysis of Behavior. Natural Selection and Ecological Analysis of Behavior. Learning. Physiological Analysis--Nerve Cells and Behavior. Physiological Analysis of Behavior--The Endocrine System. The Development of Behavior. BEHAVIOR OF THE INDIVIDUAL SURVIVING IN ITS ENVIRONMENT. Biological Clocks. Orientation in Space. Mechanisms of Orientation. Foraging. Antipredator Behavior. Sexual Reproduction and Sexual Selection. Parental Care and Mating Systems. BEHAVIOR OF GROUPS--SOCIAL BEHAVIOR. Sociality and Dispersion. Maintaining Group Cohesion 1: Description and Evolution of Communication. Maintenance of Group Cohesion 2: Functions of Communication and Contact. Altruism. Summary. Appendix. References. Indexes.Goodenough, Judith is the author of 'Perspectives on Animal Behavior' with ISBN 9780471536239 and ISBN 0471536237.

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